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| Jean-Fran Cois Millet: Angelus |
few days ago I started it again. :-)
The Angelus prayer is an ancient tradition in the Catholic Church.
The Jewish tradition, prayed, even the early Christians several times a day, a tradition that was developed in the monastic movements of the Divine Office.
originated in the Middle Ages in the Latin Western Church, the Ave Maria as Marie greeting. There was at first only from the salutation of Mary by the angel Gabriel (
" Hail, full of grace, the Lord is .. With you, " Lk 1:28) and an attached beatitude The second line, asking for intercession, was added later
Francis of Assisi revered Mother of God very much and wrote himself a Marie greeting;. In his letters, he praised people who tried to do the same therein, housing to be alone for the Lord:
"O how happy and blessed are those men and women when they do this and it endure, for in them the spirit of the Lord rest and he will create for them a dwelling place. ... Mothers (Christ)
we are when we get him through the divine love and a pure should we take him to the world through a holy activity, the other light as a model " (Letter to the Faithful I, 7 and 10)
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, and who according to conscience in our hearts and bodies. | Aleksander Gierymski: Angelus |
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A less known among his brothers, Benedict Sinigardi of Arezzo, presented about 1241 to Marie greeting the words
"Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae (
" The angel of the Lord said to Mary ") above. Thirty years later, recommended Bonaventure his brothers to greet the Mother of God three times every evening. This is the earliest mention of the Angelus. End of the 13th Century began, the Benedictines of Monte Cassino, in the morning and evening to pray at the ringing of bells that three-time Marie greeting. The evening Marie greeting by Pope John XXII. 1318 declared generally binding.
early 16th Century. had already implemented, to pray the Angelus three times daily with bells after a hundred years earlier angeesichts the Ottoman threat, the midday prayer was also prescribed.
its present form was the Angelus prayer in 1571 by Pope Pius V and was spread by Petrus Canisius in Germany.
mid-18 Century. Benedict XIV wrote for the Easter season before the Regina Coeli
instead of the Angelus prayer.
Since then, no changes were made more, and Paul VI. said in 1974: "This prayer does not need reform - it has after such a long time lost none of its power and splendor, its structure is simple and borrowed from the Holy Scriptures - the historical origin reminds to pray for peace and security - in its time heading sanctifies certain extent (such as the liturgical hours of prayer) to the end of the day [...]"
as daily prayer of the Pope to the public however, it was only known through John Paul II, a young tradition, Benedict XVI. continues.
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| Church of San Salvador, Santa Cruz de La Palma |
I guess I now tell anyone anything new, but I want the lengthy duration of this popular tradition hints that break away in the last century began . Yet this prayer is a wonderful way to spiritual welfare of the unity of the Church is to testify. And without much effort. Just because one usually has little time for lunch, how is it people took in all times. The painting shown graphically illustrate that "in life '.
I learned even more clearly that "in life ', as we 2007 La Palma during a tour of the main church of the island, were surprised by the bells. In the pews, people had gathered, and then an older woman stepped to the lectern and conducted in a typical Canarian dialect (ie, with South American intonation) a prayer. Apart from her voice and the choir of the meeting it was completely quiet in the church hall.
In that moment I was first aware that in this time zone at the same time many people in churches or on the field, on the road or at home the same words said, and continued an old tradition that their start has been made, not least by Saint Francis.
